Alchemical Health

12: Sustainable or regenerative - rehab in the community

Join Jen and Stuart for a deep dive into regenerative healthcare with a focus on rehabilitation! We will cover: * Cold water swimming and water metaphors * Leah V Gibbons:  https://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jsd/article/view/0/42386 [https://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jsd/article/view/0/42386]  * Indigenous ways of knowing e.g. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-79622-8_8 [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-79622-8_8]  * The polycrisis and metacrisis, complexity and VUCA https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/polycrisis-adam-tooze-historian-explains/ [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/polycrisis-adam-tooze-historian-explains/]  * Regenerative farming [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/11/regenerative-farming-shift-could-reduce-uk-climate-emissions-say-experts], nature connection, social connection  * Blackthorn Trust https://blackthorn.org.uk/ * Community rehab vs inpatient rehab * Social, clinical, financial and ecological costs * Predicaments vs problems  * Ayahuasca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca]  Forge: Think about new models of care and support for people that build community and health. Music: Pursuit by Abbeynoise Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit [https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit] License code: BDBKCAXBNB6CLSSX Contact us: alchemicalhealth@outlook.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alchemicalhealth.substack.com [https://alchemicalhealth.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Say hello to the frozen peas

Show notes and credits Discussing happiness, and sadness, with Alice Hartop, OT and senior lecturer at UWE Bristol. We bring in relationships, capitalism, wild swimming, belonging, sustainability and a discussion on Earthlings… * Man’s search for meaning - Victor Frankl * Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer * Three ecologies - Felix Guattari * Radical Help - Hillary Cottam * Humankind: A Hopeful History - Rutger Bregman * The UK Covid Inquiry https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/ [https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/] Forge: Just spend some time walking round with a smile and say hello to things, like the toilet roll. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alchemicalhealth.substack.com [https://alchemicalhealth.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

May you not live in interesting times… A review of Boredom by Jen Gash

Show notes and credits Are we human beings or human doings? Why we need to wake up each morning and have something to do - Jen’s new book. * https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bored-need-something-every-happens/dp/B0CFCL8PR5/ [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bored-need-something-every-happens/dp/B0CFCL8PR5/]  * Boredom: an experience without quality or meaning. * Person, Environment, Occupation (PEO) model. Forge: The next time you are bored, unpick your feeling. Why are you bored, what is happening, how are you feeling, what don’t you like about it? Music: Pursuit by Abbeynoise Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit [https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit] License code: BDBKCAXBNB6CLSSX Contact us: alchemicalhealth@outlook.com [alchemicalhealth@outlook.com] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alchemicalhealth.substack.com [https://alchemicalhealth.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The Wheel of the Year

This time we follow on from our discussion with Philip Carr-Gomm. We talk about the wheel of the year, the seasons and the moon, and how it might impact on health. We talk FOMO, polypharmacy, immortality, choice, and purpose and meaning. We end with some chanting… Music: Pursuit by Abbeynoise Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit [https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit] License code: BDBKCAXBNB6CLSSX Contact us: alchemicalhealth@outlook.com [alchemicalhealth@outlook.com] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alchemicalhealth.substack.com [https://alchemicalhealth.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Wibbling with Philip Carr-Gomm

This week we discuss sacrifice with Chosen Druid Emeritus Philip Carr-Gomm. We dive into psychosynthesis, Druidry, creativity and psilocybin. Floating on the sea, doing nothing. Loosening and contracting, solve et coagula. We then explore wibbling as a key creative process… this does not involve sticking pencils up your nose. * Australia ban vaping: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65446352 [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65446352]  * Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids https://druidry.org/ [https://druidry.org/]  * ACER: Accept, Connect, Embody, Restore https://acerintegration.com/ [https://acerintegration.com/]  * Awen: https://druidry.org/resources/awen-2 [https://druidry.org/resources/awen-2]  * Alice Bailey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Bailey [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Bailey]  * Psilocybin research at Imperial College https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/190994/imperial-launches-worlds-first-centre-psychedelics/ [https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/190994/imperial-launches-worlds-first-centre-psychedelics/]  * https://psychosynthesistrust.org.uk/ [https://psychosynthesistrust.org.uk/]  Music: Pursuit by Abbeynoise Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit [https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit] License code: BDBKCAXBNB6CLSSX Contact us: alchemicalhealth@outlook.com [alchemicalhealth@outlook.com] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alchemicalhealth.substack.com [https://alchemicalhealth.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]